Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An egalitarian mixture of social realism and modernism , the Festival conjured up a real sense of design direction : it was all about building a better environment for everyone , with stylish cars , labour-saving gadgets and buildings that were easier to inhabit . |
| 2 | Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed . |
| 3 | And they have argued that , whilst feminism should indeed always have a critical relationship to psychoanalytic theory , the latter has within it the potential for allowing a better understanding of the complexities of human desires and of the psychological construction of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 4 | Made some fatuous comment about using the smaller car . |
| 5 | The Management Committee will establish effective forums for consultation , and procedures for keeping the wider community informed . |
| 6 | Many women used the campaign as a means of deepening feminist consciousness and as a platform for launching a wider programme of demands . |
| 7 | Besides , Bob felt diffident about challenging an older man . |
| 8 | On the contrary , the maintenance of meaningful links with the birth family appear to be beneficial to children , to their sense of identity and self esteem and for gaining a better understanding of their genealogical background and adoption circumstances . |
| 9 | David Ashworth , 31 , was alleged to have killed his former lover Denise Johnston , after breaching an earlier order not to approach her , Liverpool magistrates heard . |
| 10 | ‘ The cuts do n't take anything away from the film , ’ she said after seeing the tamer version acceptable to American cinemas . |
| 11 | After serving a further 20 per cent of their sentence in a semi-open regime , inmates are moved on to an open system ; |
| 12 | After waking the older girl , her mother went back into the house to finish her coffee , and almost immediately heard first one , then several other cars go speeding up the lane past the door . |
| 13 | He was transferred after waiting a further month for a bed to become vacant . |
| 14 | There may be a general tendency to exaggerate ; couples seem to be more willing to abandon expectations of a third child than they are to opt for a third child after stating an earlier preference for two . |
| 15 | After spending the better part of the morning crouched down painting skirting-boards , she felt as though she 'd been put through a mangle . |
| 16 | Swift attacks like these , combined with the defence-in-depth system , fed the ‘ lucky Arsenal ’ myth , which grew as the Gunners won game after game after having the smaller share of play . |
| 17 | TREVOR Francis is convinced his Sheffield Wednesday team will beat Arsenal in Thursday 's FA Cup final replay after finishing the stronger side during extra-time in the 1–1 deadlock . |
| 18 | It was soon over , the patient was shown out after making a further appointment , and they were admitted . |
| 19 | By the time the PAC had returned to the negotiating table in April , after boycotting an earlier round of talks within the framework of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa , it had adopted a highly equivocal stand on violence , committing itself to a negotiated settlement but asserting its right to continue the ‘ armed struggle ’ . |
| 20 | The next day , after visiting the Freer , I went to inspect the brand-new modern art museum , the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden . |
| 21 | After missing an earlier deadline of December 1990 and a series of other target dates for completing the round , negotiators were trying to meet GATT Secretary-General Arthur Dunkel 's new target of April [ see p. 38746 ] . |
| 22 | But such data gain significance only through serving a larger enquiry , for example into how children have a better understanding of a problem ( or person ) through role-play , or how a raw experience may be organised through a particular approach to writing . |
| 23 | Tabai , who had been President since independence , was constitutionally prohibited for serving a further term in office . |
| 24 | Tabai , who had been President since independence , was constitutionally prohibited for serving a further term in office . |
| 25 | Various proposals were agreed for developing a closer relationship between auditors and the Bank , but the question of volunteering information to the Bank proved a difficult one . |
| 26 | The Labour Party is nothing if it is not about seeking a fairer , more equal distribution of resources — abroad as well as at home . |
| 27 | The chairman , Mr. Lansberry , evidently stung by the refusal , accepted personal responsibility for approving a smaller refrigerator which was bought from a firm in the High Street for £80 . |
| 28 | Bertha Johnson was on the committees that organized a series of lectures for ladies from 1874 , set up the more ambitious Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Oxford ( AEW ) in 1878 , and founded the Anglican hostel , Lady Margaret Hall , which opened , together with the undenominational Somerville Hall , in 1879 . |
| 29 | Although the UK company is presently just a European outlet for Pinnacle 's products , there are on-going talks between the two about formalising a closer relationship . |
| 30 | The development of chaffinch song is most obviously classified as non-associative learning , because the bird learns its song by comparing it with a template rather than because of any consequence of singing a better chaffinch song . |